"Lorna Byrne is momentarily dazzled as she walks on stage at London's Olympia. "At different times," she reflects simply on her capacity to see what is to come, "I am shown more than one future. 153K likes. Share or comment on this article: Believe me or don't is her challenge, and it is curiously alluring. Byrne is convinced that at the turning of every New Year something remarkable happensWhat struck Byrne most was how young the woman was. However, even for the conventionally religious – and she remains a mass-going Catholic – to hear someone claim to hear the voice of God is to up the ante.And so the focus of her work is now shifting from, essentially, telling her own story – in Stairways to Heaven (2010) and A Message of Hope from the Angels (2012), which followed Angels in My Hair – to the self-help market: Love from Heaven offers a seven-day path "to love yourself more", complete with flash cards.Enter your email to follow new comments on this article.Byrne's accent is unmistakably Irish, her delivery slow, and she occasionally stumbles over her words. "It's natural to have angels around us where we come from," Maria replies. "I don't have to worry about money any more," she confirms, "but it hasn't gone to my head. "What took her there was the key but very familiar message that she conveys in all four of her books: that we need to love ourselves and our neighbours more in order to make the world a better place. “I remember lying in my cot with my mother fixing the blankets around me and seeing an angel reaching to touch her,” says Lorna, now 63.Turning around in her bedroom Lorna came face to face with her grandmother’s angel. Their job is to offer protection and guidance,” she says.When she published her first book, Angels In My Hair, in 2010, it became a publishing sensation selling more than a million copies and was translated into 30 languages.“I played with his angel, with wooden bricks my father made, and when I reached out to touch him, my hand seemed to go through his.A creepy figure is spotted whilst a couple are dancing“A lot of people tell me, ‘I don’t know how I got through that but I know there was something or someone there helping me’.Lorna says the way the angels of our loved ones appear to us is different for everyone.Lorna describes the moment her beloved grandmother appeared to her when she was a teenager.
Start your Independent Premium subscription today. I assumed everyone else could see them.”Though her day had been wrought with stress, as she sat on the bed and breathed in Joe’s familiar scent she felt safe and happy.“There are many spirits who may wish to show themselves to us,” explains Lorna, who has four grown-up children, Megan, 21, Ruth, 30, Owen, 33, and 36-year old Christopher.Lorna admits that her gift is often met with a fair amount of scepticism. "At the time of Joe's death, she moved the family to a derelict farmhouse in Kilkenny. "To me," she reflects, "I'm just an ordinary person. But for others, less conventionally religious but more needy, she is an emotional prop.She is crystal-clear on her limits.
As a child I used to see him lying in my mother’s arms while she slept,” says Lorna.“It’s a gentle nudge, you may remember something of them or a saying and that gives you the encouragement or confidence to go after what you need.“This can be for comfort or to provide guidance. "I ask for a blessing for the person – that whatever they need, God will grant it for them.